President Bola Tinubu has called for a peaceful election in the Saturday’s governorship election in Ondo State. The President has in a press statement on Friday signed by his Special Adviser on Information & Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, urged all political stakeholders and the electorate to uphold peace and decorum and fulfil their civic responsibilities without fear before or after the election. The statement noted that Tinubu anticipates a democratic process in the state that will...

An investigation by the Platform to Protect Whistleblowers in Africa, PPLAAF, has exposed the diversion of millions of dollars, meant for Nigeria’s anti-terrorism fight against, into luxury real estate in the United States. These funds are reportedly linked to former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, previously accused of embezzling billions from Nigeria’s defence funds. Reports indicate that the misappropriated funds were used to purchase high-end properties in Los Angeles, California, and McLean, Virginia, a wealthy...

The Nigerian government has proposed a ₦47.9 trillion budget for the 2025 fiscal year, which has received approval from the Federal Executive Council, FEC. The Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Senator Atiku Bagudu, disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents after the FEC meeting presided over by President Bola Tinubu. Bagudu explained that the proposed budget forms part of the “Medium Term Expenditure Framework, MTEF, for 2025-2027” in line with the Fiscal Responsibility Act...

… Says Age Isn’t Limiting Factor A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and an associate of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Dimeji Fabiyi has faulted Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State over the comment that age should be a limiting factor in considering a presidential candidate in 2027. He described the remarks by Makinde on the qualifying criteria for presidential candidates as portraying the Oyo State Governor as a poor student of history. Fabiyi, a leader...